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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON. ttOND'AY, JXN. 15, 194?
THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS
The Bend Bulltin (Wsekry) 181)3 . 1931 The Bend Bulletin (Daily) Eat. lftlt
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RESULTS OF THE COUNTER-THRUST
Now that the Germans are being pushed back from their
more advanced positions gained in the blitz counter-attack
on the western front there is time to take stock of the results
of that attack which, for a time, sped forward at a rate
rivaling that which other German divisons had attained a
few years before over the same strategic route.
As to the taking of stock, there is still a rather deplorable
lack of information. Army censorship has quite apparently
held down firmly on the more significant developments of
favorable nature and army publicity has been just as reluctant
to be frank about the unfavorable occurrences. The result of
iSUch policies as these is that American people have been
forced to draw their own conclusions. These are largely un
pleasant ones.
We know, for instance, although we have not been told,
, that our losses must have been tremendous. We know that it
was days before our troops were able to change from a rapidly
retreating defense to one more stationary and finally to
launch the series of offensive moves which are now in
progress.
The net results of all this delay in regaining the distance
we have lost, much more delay incident to the upsurge of
German morale which followed the dramatically impressive,
although temporary victory. That the German offensive, with
its reckless spending of life and equipment, will actually
hasten the end a statement which comes from one of our
commanders in Europe we are doubtful. Of course we would
like to believe it. Since no one knew a month ago when the
war's ends would come, it will be impossible to say with defi
niteness, even in the light of history. It is just our conviction
that the suffering of defeat does not speed the day of victory.
INFORMATION FOR JAPAN
Japan, which has been indefatigable in its fishing for
information on American invasion plans in the Philippines,
has mostly been getting nothing for its pains. Then, the other
day, it hauled in a very heavy line. What a fish !
The information came out of Washington, where it was
stated that military observers believed that General Douglas
MacArthur "soon will make additional landings on Luzon,
probably at widely separated points, in order to split the de
fending forces available to the Japanese."
The statement went on to point out that the new landings
may be expected "as soon as General MacArthur-ean gain a
tlearer picture of the manner in which enemy troops have been
disposed to meet the present American threat in the Lingayen
gulf area."
And there you are, Mr. Moto. You may expect more land
ings if the situation warrants them. Prepare for them, scatter
your troops to meet them and they won't bo necessary. Re
member, Mr. Moto, the threat of multiple landings in Europe?
Remember that it affected the defensive strategy to the Ger
mans to the extent that multiple, landings were unnecessary?
Other landings were made later, but merely to hasten con
quest, not to assure it.
Of course, if you don't make preparations to meet these
possible other invasion forces, they will most assuredly mate
rialize. Think hard, Mr. Moto. This fish that you caught is a
horned fish. The horns are those of a dilemma and it's all for
you. Aren't you glad you went fishing?
Others Say . . .
BUTC1I1CKINC THE SAC'KElt
COW
(Salem Capitol Journal)
Powerful and determine forces
are seeking to butcher Oregon's
sacred Income tax cow, milk trom
which has heretofore been applied
to property tax reductions mi suc
cessfully as to eliminate all slate
levies against real estate.
The approach of those who
divert this present affluent flow
of revenue into other channels
has been gradual. Kirst came (he
S5 million grab initiated by the
state teachers association and ap
proved by the voters at the 1H2
general election and put into
workable shape by the 1913 legis
lature in formulating the Walker
plan, which set up a reserve cush
ion of $5 million from (he accu
mulated income tax surplus and
alloted a like amount to the
schools, appropriated a sufficient
amount to meet all other state
needs and still had a surplus to
. rebate in 1SM4 income lax re
ductions. There still remain a sufficient
surplus of war prosperity income,
tax collections to allow for a 30 '
per cent rebate on this ear's
taxes, but beyond that the outlook
Is not encouraging. As long as
collections remain at $lf or Sit!
million a year because of wartime
payrolls, such a program can be
maintained without dipping Into
the reserve cushion. Hut there
must he retrenchment somewhere
along the line when receipts dw in
dle away to S3 or Sti million a
year as they surely will after
the war if state property taxes
are to be avoided.
The trend, however, is toward
expanded commitments of Income
tax money rather than curtail
ment of demands upon those
funds. The teacheis are bark
again asking an additional $5 mil
lion for school purposes, and old
age pension forces with Governor
Snell as their spokesman are
making an indirect hid for funds
from that source.
No mention was made by the
governor of income tax money as
the fountain tor supplying in
creased pension funds. He simply
asked that liquor revenues, which
are at present carina iln-d for wel
fare use, be dumped into the gen
eral fund and that appropriations
for pensions and other welfare be
made from that tund. Behind the
request is the self evident f eat
that liquor revonuos, due to war
emergency, may shrink during
the coming biemuuin to the near-
vanishing point, leaving the wel
ware program high and dry hy
reason of the receding tide. A
larger welfare budget than anti
cipated liquor revenues will sup
ply is another reason for the re
quested change.
If income lax revenues are lo
be confined lo the purpose for
which they were originally Intend
edto offset property levies a
flexible program of demands upon
them must be devised. The alter
natives are the tapping of a new
tax source, higher income tax
rates or return of state property
levies.
WAY OUR PEOPLE
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Injured Sailor
Is Improving
Ronald 1!. Hallantyne, seaman
1c radar operalor. who was In
jured aboard ship during a storm
at sea in the South Pacific In
November, suffered a partial
paralysis of his right arm and leg.
according -to information received
by his mother, Mrs. Kslher I. Hal
lantyne. I
Excerpts from a letter written
to Mrs. llallantyp.e by Chaplain
Charles I. Stephenson, lollnu :
"Honald is not suifering any pain.
The injury he sustained was a
head injury which caused a ini
tial paralysis of his right arm and
leg. lie seems to be getting better
use of these each day.
"His physician told me today
that he has put your son on an
evacuation list to the United
Stales. We do not know when
lie will be sent out. Much tie.
pends upon the progress your son
makes and I lie avail ability ol
transports. The Ked Cross rep
resentatives here will write letters
for your son until he is able to
write himself.
"When he arrives In the states
you will he notified of the loca
tion of the hospital to which he
is sent."
At 8 o'clock every morning ex
cept Sunday Major Harvey Earle
left his house on Centre Street in
Augusta, Ga., and walked to his
office on Reynolds Street, facing
St. Paul's Church.
Everyone in Augusta, both
white and black, knew the Major
by sight even if they were not
personally acquainted with him.
He was a tall, lean, clean-shaven
man of about 55 in knee breeches
of broadcloth, a white linen shirt
with ruffles on the bosom, a long
blue coat which came to his knees
and stiffened below the waist, so
its skirts spread out. On his head
he wore a small felt hat with the
corners turned up, and on his feet
were low shoes with metal
buckles. His stockings were of
white wool.
These garments were, more or
less, out of stle. They were the
finery of a past generation the
men of the American Revolution.
Gentlemen still wore knee breech
es, lace cuffs and the rest of it in
the evening, but in the daytime
most of them wore long panta
loons, double-breasted coats with
out decoration, and tall hats of
beaver.
Major Earle was a private bank
er. He made loans on personal
notes; he financed small farmers
on a share-cropper basis; he ar
ranged mortgages on real estate,
livestock or slaves and he assisted
merchants to meet their obliga
tions by lending them money and
taking liens on their assets.
It is interesting to note that the
functions of banking In commer
cial life were almost unknown in
those early days. There were no
laws concerning banks; no regu
lation of interest rates, no defi
nition of the rights of depositors.
The little banking that was done
was carried on by individuals.
Some of the money lenders were
loan sharks, but Major Earle was
not one of them. He was a lenient
creditor, so lenient Indeed that his
bank made only it fraction of the
profits It should have earned. He
owned a cotton plantation called
"Fairview" on the Waynesboro
road about 15 miles from Augusta,
and he used to say that he made
twice as much from "Fairview"
as he did from his money lending.
see
Cotton was the lifeblood, the
mainstay, the universal provider
for the- whole population of Au
gusta nt this period. In 1807 that
Savannah river town was the first
of the inland cotton markets.
There were no cotton mills in
the South at that time, though
there were many spinning wheels
and hand looms in the farm
houses. This primitive, backwoods
manufacturing Used only a trifling
proportion of the cotton crop. The
rest was sent down the river to
Savannah and then, by sailing
snips, most oi it was lorwttrueui"
to England, which was then the
center of the world textile in
dustry. All this involved a siring of
transactions. The farmer brought
his cotton to Augusta in the first
place. It was sold there to a mer
chant known as a cotton factor.
The factor put the bales in his
warehouse and resold them, later
on, to another factor in Savannah
or Charleston, who sent them
abroad or to New England, tn
Lancashire or Massachusetts the
cotton reached a textile mill and
was made into cloth and yarn.
This indirect method was waste
ful In that several middle-men
made profits on the cotton before
it reached the English mills. A
group of liritish mill owners de
cided, after much consideration
and slow overseas correspondence,
to buy their cotton direct not
from the farmers, but Xroin the
Augusta cotton merchants, thus
eliminating a number of go-betweens.
In carrying out this pur
pose they sent over to Augusta u
representative with authority to
purchase cotton; pay for it, and
ship it to England.
When the Knglisli gentleman
alighted from the stage he wure,
a coarse checkered shirt with a
glaring plaid tie, heavy woolen
trousers, high-top boots, a brown
coat with numerous pockets and a
low-crowned felt hat pulled down:
over his eyes. He carried a pistol,
in a holster attached to a leather
belt. Its butt protruded, ready to!
he drawn Instantly. It came out;
next day that the English cotton:
buyer had thought that Augusta
was it wild and rowdy frontier
town, where murder was of daily i
occurrence, and where every man'
was supposed to protect himself.
Mr. I.owther did not know a :
soul in the place, and lie Intended!
to say nt the inn until he could
find bachelor's quarters for him
self, lint lie did not go to the
inn, for Robert Harrison invited
him to his home as a guest.
The Major was greatly Inter
ested in Mr. Lowther, and took
every opportunity to impress him
self upon that gentleman's atten
tion. It was he who explained
humorously the reason for Low
ther's uncouth appearance on the
day of his arrival. He invented
also, in his genial, offhand way,
the myth of Cecil Lowther's noble
connections, asking everyone he
told to keep it confidential.
The reason for these maneu
vers was that Mr. Lowther would
possess and keep somewhere a
very large sum of money. The
Major had a bank, and could keep
the money safely.
As he walked to his office on
a November morning in 1807 he
was glad that Mrs. Earle had
thought of having Mr. Lowther
to dinner, and the dinner was to
be that very evening.
(To Be Continued)
Bend's Yesterdays
FIFTEEN YKAKS AGO
lKrum 'the Bulletin Files)
(Jan. 15, 1930)
Members of the Bend chamber
of commerce are told by W. J.
Hotter, local manager for the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph
company, that the Klamath Falls,
Bend and The Dalles line is almost
finished, and at a cost of $1,400,
000. With Walter G. Peak acting as
director, the Bend Lions club
stages "The Haunted House" in
the Grand theater.
A city tree planting program
is studied by a committee com
posed of H. J. Overturf, Don H.
Peoples and J. Alton Thompson.
At Brothers, Cliff Todd, mail
carrier between Prineville and
Fife, tells of spending the night
in his automobile in a snowdrift.
TWENTY FIVE YEAKS AGO ;
Ir-'rom The bulletin Files)
(Jan. 15, 1920)
Spring weather Is felt in Bend
when the thermometer registers
53 degrees above, the warmest in
four years for this time of the
year.
Laundry workers in Bend form
a temporary local, naming D. D.
Holgate as president, and Anna
Nye secretary.
John Farrell returns to his po
sition ut the First National bank
after being confined to his ihome
by illness.
Mrs, W. C. Wanning and Mrs.
R. W. Hendershott return from a
trip to Portland.
Snow Blankets
Central States
(By United Press)
Middle westerners sloshed
through snow today as new flur
ries spread a snow blanket rang
ing from one to 30 inches in depth
over the central states.
Temperatures ranged from nor
mal to above normal. The outlook
was for clearing throughout the
mid-west tonight, with .little
change in temperature.
tnow and rainstorms now in
the Ohio valley will move east
tonight, with snow expected in
the northeastern states and rain
in the mid-Atlantic region, the
Chicago weather bureau reported.
The Dakotas registered an av
erage of 15 degrees above zero,
whue Oklahoma points reported
temperatures in the mid-thirties.
The normal average for the Da
kotas was five above, with nor
mal of 30 in Oklahoma.
The eastern states reported sub
stantial temperature rises, with
Huston up to zz degrees, New
xork to nu, and Washington to. 31,
War Briefs
Stipe Back From
Furniture Mart
Arthur Stipe, of the- Bend
urniture company, returned yes
terday from Chicago where he at
tended the annual International
Furniture market, the largest
held in the country. Stipe re
ported that the attendance of
lurndure store owners was the
largest ever for the market, and
representatives were present
urom every state in the union.
A scarcity of merchandise for
1B45 was noted by the Bend furni
ture man, and he predicted that
many items wil be limited and
distributed in an allotment basis.
.For several years Stipe has
been in attendance at the market.
Weather in Chicago was very cold,
witn temperatures to 8 below
zero, he said.
Paper Pickup
(Continued from Page One)
cees covered the downtown busi
ness district on Saturday, gath
ering several tons of salvage paper.
The Junior chamber memoers
were profuse in their praise today
of the Bend-Portland Truck serv
ice, Consolidated Freightways, Pi
land's market, the Oregon Box
company, radio station KBND and
The Bulletin for supplying equip
ment and services prior to and
during yesterday's pickup. Trucks
were furnished by Piland's and
the trucking firms, while the box
company supplied lumber for seal
ing the box car.
Workers Named
Jaycees who worked on the
pickup yesterday were Higgins,
Thompson, Max Dick, Carroll
Meeks, Dick Brandis, Ed Piland,
Charles Boardman, Harold Gen
try, Bill Barton, Don Conner,
Mark Sanders, Marion Cady, and
Claude Cook.
Summarizing the successful
pickup, Higgins and Thompson
Joined in this statement:
"It certainly speaks for the pa
triotic spirit of Bend folks, for
they definitely rallied to this
emergency call for old paper!"
The drive chairmen stressed,
however, that there should be no
let .up in saving of old paper, as
it continues to be the No. 1 critical
produtt for the prosecution of the
war. Another pickup will be
staged within a reasonable time,
Higgins said.
when leaving garments "to be
cleaned or pressed.
Posters for this purpose are
being supplied by OPA through
local boards and list the 12 main
items on which each shop will
fill in its celling prices for cash
and carry and delivered services
for both cleaning and pressing,
and pressing only.
The 12 items Include: "Men's
wear: Suits, trousers, .'.heavy
weight overcoats and lightweight
overcoats. Women's wear: Suits,
Hroccoc blouses. Iackets. skirts.
.sweaters, heavyweight coats and
lightweight coats."
The OPA ad announced the
posting requirement on Decem
ber 4.
Shops Must Set
Ceiling Prices
Not later than today all retail
dry cleaning and pressing estab
lishments must have their ceil
ing prices posted for 12 main
specified services, Hosea R.
Evans, district OPA price execu
tive, said today, so that cus
tomers can plainly see them
WHEN YOU BENEFIT
We. enefjtt
Friendliness is a .fine thing, but help
fulness is even better. When you -find
these two together you have a rare and
valuable combination.
As bankers,, we try to keep this thought
ever in mind. We try to deal with your
financial problems in a practical way
that will result in some benefit to you.
For we know that if we can succeed in
doing-this you will be pleased and satis
fied and we benefit, therefore, as we
benefit you.
BANK OF BEND
A HOME OWNED INSTITUTION
Chinese Pleased
Island Blow
By
Chungking, Jan. 15 HP) The of
ficial Central Daily News said edi
torially today that liberation of
the Philippines will not only mean
that Japanese sea lanes In the
South Cttina seas will be complete
ly cut but also that the enemy's
much-publicized continental corri
dor will be threatened.
(Hy United Press)
I Western Front Allied tanks
' crack center of Ardenness nlient
I almost encircling nai pivot at
Houffalize while Americans to
north advance to within seven
miles of St. Vith, last German
strongpoint in Belgium.
Pacific Tokyo radio reports
more than 200 carrier planes at
tack Formosa while Luzon inva
sion forces advance across Agno
river to within 80 miles of Ma
nila. Kaslern I rant Russian divi
sions roll across plains of south
ern Poland to within B0 miles of
German frontier and Berlin
spokesman say red army is mak
ing supreme bid for victory in
east.
Air War More than 1,100 RAF
bombers hit synthetic oil plant,
fuel depot and Berlin in sequel
to Sunday raids which destroyed
2-13 enemy planes.
Italy Heavy snows in Appen
ines and rain in Adriatic sector
curtail operations on fifth and
eighth army fronts.
MINER IS HELD
Said by Bend officers to have
been without a selective service
card, Sam Kovick, 57, a miner liv
ing at 744 Colorado street, today
was being held for investigation
by federal bureau of investigation
I agents. Kovick was taken into
i custody in a downtown drugstore,
, hy Officers Robert Houtchens and
Walter Grcissingcr.
I'AM. CAUSES FRACTURE
L. S. Sillery, 624 Congress
street, today was confined to the
St. Charles hospital with a com
pound fracture of the left arm,
as a result of slipping this morn
ing on an icy sidewalk near the
corner of Broadway and Louisi-
! ana avenue. In an effort to check
his -fall, Sillery threw his arm
against a concrete retaining wall,
i receiving his injury.
Dr. Grant Skinner
DENTIST
1036 Wall Street
Evenings by Appointment
Office Thnne 73
Res. Phone 818-W
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Those now, engaged in essential war work need not apply.
HtlF IUUD fOK VCTOtr
lHSKAKi'. lllTOUT MA OK
Thirteen cases of cuniintinicahlc
diseases were reported hy .ill les
chutes county physicians for the
(Week ending Jan. l.'l, officials of
the county department nt puhlic
health said today, rases reported
were whooping cough. 3: mumps,
,K; ringworm, 1; measles. 1.
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'rtEM LARD
LEARNED
WA9 TO SPEND
HIS EVENINGS
MINDING JUNIOR
yOJEL.HE NEAR
LY FUSSED UP
TVIE JOft- CUT
$lO IS $10
AMD aESIPES.
IT'LL Give LARD
A CHANCE TO
IMPROVE HiS
school Grades!
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MAMA ANL? KAKA Kfc
Junior so behave vourself
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Don't AMNoy lard now
VOL) MUST REMEMBER THAT
WHILE: HE S HtRE , HE HAS
HOMEWORK. TO DO
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